My PhD work is centered on the role of a skill acquisition specialist. There is much to be said about the role, but this post will focus on two different intentions of skill acquisition specialist – f...

Recently I have gotten the opportunity to deliver and co-deliver the Introduction to Gaelic Games (ICGG) coaching course in Townsville and Tasmania. The course is aimed to support coaches of all ages ...

Systems don’t rise to the level of their goals, they fall to the level of their design. We must invest where it’s needed most, out in the changing contexts, situations, and constraints of the…

Indo Sport · Episode

The idea that children learn better if they discover something themselves is attractive for many different reasons, in spite of the fact that empirical research tells a different story.

Reflections on my experiencesAs a Gaelic games development officer in Hong Kong schools, when coaching kids the soloing skill (kick to yourself) in Gaelic football, I remember asking kids to stand in ...

The Adaptive Coach · Episode

BlueSky: @jcassidysport.bsky.socialI attended the Australasian Skill Acquisition Network (ASAN) conference in Southern Cross University in the Gold Coast this week. I really enjoyed the diversity of insights, the critical discussions, and the opportunity to connect with people who I have only connected with online previously. I was particularly impressed with the supportive nature of the discussions and great credit must go to Kyle Bennett and William McCalman who organised, and all presenters a

(The most creative blog post title I have ever come up with!)An interesting paper was published a couple of weeks ago, entitled “Adding texture to the art of constraints-led coaching: a request for mo...